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What's a Wreck?

A Cake Wreck is any cake that is unintentionally sad, silly, creepy, inappropriate - you name it. A Wreck is not necessarily a poorly-made cake; it's simply one I find funny, for any of a number of reasons. Anyone who has ever smeared frosting on a baked good has made a Wreck at one time or another, so I'm not here to vilify decorators: Cake Wrecks is just about finding the funny in unexpected, sugar-filled places.

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Steve Jobs once said, "Older people sit down and ask, 'What is it?' But the boy asks, 'What can I do with it?' "I must be solidly middle aged, because as I look at these cakes, I find myself asking both...

As for Cake #3, that's referring to "gravy boats", and the truly tasteless can in fact get little Titanics for their very own table. Me, I stick with unidentified pirate ships. Sorta goes along with the Dalek and TARDIS salt and pepper shakers I have as well.

Yes, I agree Facebook is junk. That's why I'm not there anymore. But I wouldn't get a cake about it.

And my brother-in-law is named Don, and in no way does he Win. Not, and probably not especially, if there were 8 of him. I'm not even sure he's going to be my brother-in-law much longer.

As someone who is REALLY mad at Google Places/Plus and has to get on the phone and yell at them today for the fourth time in 10 weeks, that one was my favorite. And yes, Coocle Analytics does make about that much sense.

There really is a Titanic gravy boat: http://www.perpetualkid.com/titanic-gravy-boat.aspx

@Maureen: pomegranate seeds with a curl of chocolate. I think the larger question, however, given how many seeds the average pomegranate puts out, is: What did they do with the rest of them?

1) There are just that many Master Chiefs of Busines2) They wanted to plant a pomegranate tree of their very own & wanted to be SURE3) They just really like to snack on pomegranate seeds4) They gave the seeds to their son, George, who said, "Stupid seeds!" and dumped them on the ground where a beanstalk immediately grew and they had to vacate the place because the owner (they rented) called it an unauthorized change and get it the HELL offa my property. Nobody could, even with bulldozers, and George just said (like any teen) "I dunno", so they moved to Baltimore, where they had family. But it does turn out happy in the end, because with hard work and a little bit of aptitude, things did turn out better than they had been. You ever heard the name "Goldman"?

@Maureen, I believe they are red spartan mini-mates figures, like these http://www.figurerealm.com/actionfigure.php?FID=35897&figure=spartanmarkviredspartanmarkviblue . They appear to be holding rocket launchers on the cake.

The less said about #1 the better, although if anyone ever asks me "Who ate Gbemi?" I can tell them "Lekan 8 Gbemi". >.>

Wouldn't "it's all icing" be more appropriate for #3?

Is the "gold" sticker on #5 meant to be sarcastic, or did they really think they did a great job? Or...is that actually what's considered "gold" quality decorating at that bakery?